Improvement in skates



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S. P, CASTLE, or URBANA, omo, ASSIGNoR To on. cASTLE, or

SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 34,184, dated August 31, 1869; ltntedated August 14,1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that I, S. l. CASTLE, of the city'of Urbana, in the countyof Champaign, and State 'of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Modeof Manufacturing Skates and clasp-fastening for same; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a clear and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being hadto theannexed drawings', making a part of this specification, in

vwhich-- Figurel is a perspective view,

Figure 2, a plan view, and

Figures 3 and 4, the det-ached views oi' the clasp or fastener.

To enable others to make my skate.and fastener, I will proceed todescribe their construction and operation.

The nature of my invention consists in shaping from sheet-metal, by diesof a propel' shape, the body A ofthe skate in separate halves, so thatwhen they vare brought together, the upper part forms a seat of therequisite shape for the bottom of the shoe or bootand a border or guard,C, sufficiently high to embrace'the sides of the shoe and heel. p

TheV lower edges of the two halves come together in the forni of thekeel of a vessel, (as secu at fig. 2,)

-betweeh which is riveted the runner B, the sides of whose upper edgeareso rabbetedand grooved, that the lower-edges of said halves can beriveted to the runner smoothly and securely, thus forming a verylightand strong skate. l

Upper 0 is sewed to the lower edge of border C, throughthe holes madethere for that purpose.

Strap H is passed through a slot immediately be-l low border C, to oneend of which hook S is attached, by an adjustable loop ;4 and loop tbeing hinged on each side of the eccentric of buckle o o is sewed to theother end of strap H. Now, to fasten the clasp G securely, hook S ishooked into the eccentric of buckle'o o, which, when turned over, aslseen at fig. 4, fastens `the skate to the foot tightly and securely.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'v 1. The constructing the'hody A of a skate, substantially asdescribed, and forthe' purposes set forth.

v 2. The attaching runner B to body A, substane tially as described, andfor tlie purposes set forth.

3. Shoe-upper O, in combination with guard or border C, substantially asdescribed, and for th'e purposes set forth. Y

4. Clasp (if, substantially as described, and for the purposes setforth.

S. P. CASTLE.

Witnesses:

S. H. Rosen, WM. M. HOUSTON.

